Frank Zappa - The Purple Lagoon/Approximate
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10 жыл бұрынFrank Zappa -- conductor, keyboards, lead guitar, vocals, producer
Ray White -- rhythm guitar, vocals
Eddie Jobson -- keyboards, violin, vocals
Patrick O'Hearn -- bass guitar, vocals
Terry Bozzio -- drums, vocals
Ruth Underwood -- percussion, synthesizer, overdubs
Don Pardo -- narration
Dave Samuels -- timpani, vibes
Randy Brecker -- trumpet
Mike Brecker -- tenor saxophone, flute
Lou Marini -- alto saxophone, flute
Ronnie Cuber -- baritone saxophone, clarinet
Tom Malone -- trombone, trumpet, piccolo
John Bergamo -- percussion overdubs
Ed Mann -- percussion overdubs
Lou Anne Neill -- osmotic harp overdub
@brianwhitney5441 2 жыл бұрын
Can't stop listening to this after 35 years
@johnwells2570 8 жыл бұрын
I love playing this for my friends who are into Jazz. The look on their face of disbelief, followed by a smile and then laughter. They dig it once they remember that Jazz is for breaking the rules.Thank you Frank Zappa. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
@globextradingsystemsllc1740 2 жыл бұрын
I also love to play this for the people who didnt think Terry Bozzio was franks best drummer and best fit for franks style. Colaiuta wasnt.
@frankbreuer8849 2 жыл бұрын
This has an incredible intensity. I will give permission to play it at my funeral and everyone is free to dance to it - freely
@Aquarius3101 4 жыл бұрын
Bass guitar playing is awesome. I love it.
@brianwhitney5441 2 жыл бұрын
This takes 10+ listens in my opinion to appreciate the counting and transitions in this. It definitely grows on you. For me Zappa and Tool take many listens to understand the brilliance and intricacies of it all.
@basdegraaf9693 9 жыл бұрын
My alltime favourit, listen to the sound of Patrick O'Hearn.......just awsome
@kvrga 7 жыл бұрын
The sound design is awesome. My hair goes up, every time I bring up the volume :D
@michelponcet5810 3 жыл бұрын
A 79 ans je ne m'en lasse pas Un coup de génie de FZ
@Matty88K 2 жыл бұрын
Thumbs 👍up my friend (mon ami) oui, Frank was a genius!!
@David-ng7cr Жыл бұрын
Got ya.
@brianwhitney5441 3 жыл бұрын
This is such a great compilation of talent and math. Time signatures are off the charts. Bozio is at his best. I wish more people who think they understand would examine this. Frank is brilliant. Frank and tool are incredibly good at making the complicated seem understandable until you try to keep up.
@jurgenbertschat2077 4 ай бұрын
first time i heard this: "what is this something strange ??" second time i listened: "i have heard this before !" third time: "That's the best thing I've ever heard"
@jayhartley2132 7 жыл бұрын
Now I'm sad. I just learned that Michael Brecker died in 2007. What a phenomenal talent, as evidenced by this truly breathtaking solo.
@xyshomavazax 4 жыл бұрын
I'm a musician, and one of the criteria I use to judge a good performance is whether it makes me want to learn the intsrument or not. MB's solo on this track makes me want to learn tenor sax.
@jimreiske5313 2 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest sax solos in history!!! And the band was killin' too.
@auberginemachine567 3 жыл бұрын
This has been my absolutely favorite song since I first heard it in 1986. Thanks for putting it here.
@thebreathalyzer 8 жыл бұрын
Michael Brecker's solo is positively killing. Then there's Ronnie Motherfucking Cuber. Holy moly.
@Bassmanfallon 6 жыл бұрын
Patrick o'hearn,I salute you sir,the best bass solo's back then and under the shadow of Jaco.
@JamminClemmons 6 жыл бұрын
* *Bassmanfallon* * Didn't Patrick always play with a pick? Similar to Scott Thunes? He's playing that ending part with a pick. It's just toooooo damn fast. - Do you believe he alternates between the two?
@Bassmanfallon 6 жыл бұрын
Yes,a genius with a pick.Scott Thunes too was very good on 'Keep it greasy'.
@jabu003 2 жыл бұрын
o´hearn was a contrabass player in west coast , playing with the greatest jazz musicians of their time when they visited LA.....no sure if there is a Jaco conection as they were contemporaries and the styles very different a fretless bass is the only thing in common
@paolamarin2677 4 жыл бұрын
Love Zappa!
@germanocolla2667 2 жыл бұрын
at 10:20 , the entrance of the winds thus orchestrated is legendary ...
@twinsmm1 7 жыл бұрын
This my favorite "Terry" stuff from this album.
@davidmarshall36 8 ай бұрын
So.good. Consider the rest of the styles of music in this album...completely amazing.
@Percopius 2 жыл бұрын
This, and 'The Ocean is the Ultimate Solution' are some of my favorite Zappa recordings.
@theresa42213 8 жыл бұрын
Gosh! These musicians are _INSANE_!
@krachenford9594 3 жыл бұрын
I feel, that this song hast the best sax- and guitarsolo in one. Absolutely adorable, and both soloist are dead . . .
@hartmutburmann4337 2 жыл бұрын
da sprichst du die wahrheit sehr gelassen aus!!mein musicfreund
@ivanmassimiliano4793 2 жыл бұрын
Music is the Best ! ZAPPA is the BEST!
@mariusarnaud4348 4 жыл бұрын
Was my dad's loving song, rip dad, rip frank rip mickael ...
@stefanomaxfrustalupo5057 3 жыл бұрын
mamma mia!!! non smetterò mai di ascoltarlo!
@docnelson2008 8 жыл бұрын
FZ was a unique individual on so many levels. Even after listening to his music for approaching half a century i am still discovering new facets to his genius. FZ certainly attracted some amazing musicians, none more so than Mike Brecker; The playing on this track, from a terrific album, is incredible. I have always thought that FZ's concept of jazz-rock was always the most exciting.
@jorgkuijt4735 8 жыл бұрын
+Leslie Nelson I've known this Zappa play for about 20 yers now, never realized it was Brecker playing the Sax :) Zappa sure had a Knack for distracting the best out of any musician :D
@fadethetrade 8 жыл бұрын
+Jorg Kuijt He always allowed his players to showcase their talents. Why not? they were all among the best in the world in every decade.
@theresa42213 8 жыл бұрын
Yep! Frank could go toe to toe with _ANY_ great band. He's out Weather Reporting, Weather Report here with Mike Brecker, and Pat O'Hearn. And just _listen_ to Bozzio! He can ''steam roll'' over the best. He is the best! XD
@ralph0149 7 жыл бұрын
And the standout among standouts: George Duke!
@ralph0149 7 жыл бұрын
(Yeah, I know he's not on this album)
@germanocolla2667 4 жыл бұрын
but what a wonderful mind can give birth to such a thing? Yes, there are amazing musicians here, but , who tied them up? Frank, the genius....
@petermaxwell4904 7 жыл бұрын
GOOD GRAVY..WHAT A FUCKING FEAST ! 🎵💜🎵💜🎵💜🎵. 😵🎸
@sensefullessence9593 4 жыл бұрын
Most Great passionate Sax Solo ever ?!!¡!!!!!!!!!🙏🙏🙏
@kenneth7197 10 ай бұрын
Hall of fame drumming from Bozzio!
@seanbirmingham9237 3 жыл бұрын
Zappa let's all the band do there thing guitar solo perfect master piece.
@blattulanyon9556 9 жыл бұрын
OMG!!!!!!! the sax.... Awesome...... i will hear this in my sleep
@CaptainBuster 7 жыл бұрын
'greed. M'boy Brecker catches the wave of a lifetime. All in all, the intro and preceding stuff'n'solo seem to build up to it, and then the brotherly outro refers back to it. Much kudos to Patrick O'Hearn though for embracing that temporary space, bringing some humor to the the gem. Music is the Best!
@petermaxwell4904 7 жыл бұрын
blattu lanyon my question..could this band jam ? Answer fuck yeah !
@petermaxwell4904 7 жыл бұрын
blattu lanyon what's happened to people's heads, when they think this is TOO much ?
@SM-bv4uv 8 жыл бұрын
It's a fantastic music!!
@michaelnastos6735 2 жыл бұрын
Michael Brecker is insane with genius improv
@hartmutburmann4337 2 жыл бұрын
mit lagoon hat sich das jazzuniversum mal eben in seiner größe gezeigt thx frank
@victordulerain9271 5 жыл бұрын
i was bit young too see this concert, but never failed to see his holloween shows in ny in the years to come. fz rest in peace. the brecker bros...listen to them go!!! what a genius. he was a kook...but my kind of kook. adrian belew and steve vai are stellar examples. he had the best of the best on his roster...including jean luc ponty....he had the camarillo brillo flaming out along his head...HA!
@brianwhitney5441 3 жыл бұрын
I can't get enough of this. It's like listening to Fear inoculum and every tool recording. Counting with Frank or Danny Carey is a real lesson in math
@jonathanedwards8696 2 жыл бұрын
Tool learned all their tricks from King Crimson.
@pascalsimon9780 3 ай бұрын
Incroyable live ! FZ jamais égalé !
@beefheart1410 4 жыл бұрын
The rhythm section, particularly whilst backing the trumpet part after OHearn has finished, is very reminiscent of Miles's rhythm section between 1970 and 1975.
@FTRIPLEX 3 жыл бұрын
Master piece
@grandwazooX 3 жыл бұрын
Enchanting, ravishing, beyond borders
@PaoloZanettivr 3 жыл бұрын
Mio dio quante è bella ... The Genius !!!
@tratten77 3 жыл бұрын
When i got this on LP 3 years ago i left spotify. Wow hhow Spotify fuxx up good music
@matasafiuz7856 6 ай бұрын
Bass solo!!!🔥
@silverfir7471 2 жыл бұрын
Love it ....!!!!!
@benvizemusic 6 жыл бұрын
@10:07 love that blue monk quote !!
@MrTortureneverstops1 3 жыл бұрын
The best sax solo I've ever heard in my fucking life !
@jabu003 2 жыл бұрын
it´s wonderful but you have a long way to go ......
@MrTortureneverstops1 Жыл бұрын
@@jabu003 What do you mean ?
@jabu003 Жыл бұрын
you haven´t heard too many sax solos that you should ..... 😚
@MrTortureneverstops1 Жыл бұрын
@@jabu003 Read again... I only can compare with the things I heard...
@jabu003 Жыл бұрын
there is a guy that was named Coltrane another named Dolphy , at least if you like Zappa ,do yourself a favor and if you read a song named ¨Eric Dolphy memorial barbeque ¨be curious on why he did a name a song to ..... don´t bother to answer
@brianwhitney5441 2 жыл бұрын
This whole recording is brilliant. Bozio is of the charts. Same with Black Napkins and Illinois enema bandit. Off the charts good. Just my opinion.
@djsonicmonkey 10 жыл бұрын
great download. thanks for sharing. I remember hearing this line at Hammersmith Odeon 1978. Beautiful
@murkredi 9 жыл бұрын
I was there ... don't remember this though. I was "very drunk" at the time.
@shred5 9 жыл бұрын
murkredi I really wish I could slap people across the face over the internet right now...
@ralph0149 8 жыл бұрын
+shred5 That tech is coming soon.
@jorgeporras6300 Жыл бұрын
Michael Brecker makes the planet go round
@krachenford9594 6 жыл бұрын
My good, i could cry hearing, how god music used to be in my wild days.
@WPSCHAASBERG 5 жыл бұрын
One Sunday evening. The Purple Lagoon on speakers. Eyes closed. Humming, Tapping. Smiling. Repeat.
@CaptainBuster 6 жыл бұрын
single most important approximation in my life forever associated with the "Patrick O'Hearn-moment" til transition 10:20 enter horns epitome FZ arrangment this
@Coverdale360 7 жыл бұрын
This is love.
@WELLBRAN 7 жыл бұрын
Trumpet.....wwwoowww..my fav piece
@deltablues1957 8 жыл бұрын
THE PURPLE LAGOON......YES!!!! BOZZIO & BRECKER NAIL THIS!
@canaldamimi1696 4 жыл бұрын
Great
@jonathanedwards8696 2 жыл бұрын
I'd love to hear separate tracks from Terry, Ruth, Ed, and Dave. If Dave Samuels played vibes what did Ruth play?
@danfriend9567 Жыл бұрын
Marimba,xylo,vibes,Assorted perc.
@weebgrinder-AIArtistPro 2 жыл бұрын
C C C... C C C... C C C.C F# I love that lol... just right to that flat 5 (as an the 'devil's chord')
@theresa42213 8 жыл бұрын
l _wonder_ what it was like being Gail, and listening to this great _STUFF_ being created in the household all the time? Or being one of the kids?? l would have _LOVED IT_!
@nicomedy2010 Жыл бұрын
RIP Ronnie Cuber (80) ;-(
@johnbazy 7 жыл бұрын
I wonder if Koji Kondo listened to a lot of Zappa. This song alone is starting to remind me of the original Super Mario "cave" and "castle" themes.
@AdvertisingGiant 6 жыл бұрын
omg you are sooooo right hahahaha awesome
@perivalenciomusic2970 6 жыл бұрын
Listen Jaco Pastorius in Japan
@krachenford9594 5 жыл бұрын
And again and again and again . . . Brecker Brothers and FZ, what a music . . . and the most fucking young ones adore lady gaga.
@joaocarlosfavaro9789 7 жыл бұрын
speechless
@user-st1ht7kg2b 9 ай бұрын
Zappa at his best guitar horns same thing!!?? How!😊
@yannbongo 4 жыл бұрын
When I was sixteen, Purple Lagoon was the first tune I've heard to keep me in the Zappa Universe.... Especially this guitar solo ( overdubbed, I learned It few years later). Many friends of mine Ask me : what album could you advise me to get in Zappa's music ? And every Time I'm very confused because there is an Infinite numbers of doors and periods .... Zappa composer ? Zappa singer ? Zappa guitarist ? Zappa social satyrist? Zappa clown ? My unique answer: Zappa Genius ! But this album is easy to Bégin the Zappa Initiation. Don't miss thé Dweezil show in Paris the next December 2.
@mariusarnaud4348 4 жыл бұрын
Jy etais au concert de dweezil a paris en mars, je me suis chié dessus dexstase, pleure les larmes de mon corps, en decembre jy serai cest indeniable
@HughMorristheJoker 3 жыл бұрын
I always say over night sensation, Apostrophe, and then Joe's Garage act 1. If they get that far they can find the rest.
@MrTortureneverstops1 2 жыл бұрын
@@mariusarnaud4348 chanceux !
@hamidhamido5349 5 жыл бұрын
Jazz is not dead it Just smell's FUNNY ! FZ
@krachenford9594 6 жыл бұрын
Best time of my life, and i had a lot. . .
@MrLARRYGENIUS 5 жыл бұрын
oh yeah
@hermitcrabbot 4 жыл бұрын
Heavenly Snorkeling.
@michaelledford4751 8 жыл бұрын
Lmfao at Approximate ...........there's some serious " noodling " going on there as usual , GOD DAMN what a brilliantly composed piece of improv .
@xpti24 9 жыл бұрын
Ate doi,estes Brecker bros
@brianwhitney5441 3 жыл бұрын
Ruth was a badass. Same with Shiela on Zappa plays Zappa.
@jonathanbohman5069 3 жыл бұрын
15.31 to 15.45 reminds me of one of the orchestral works
@mattmarantz4863 5 жыл бұрын
BRECKERRRRR
@kvrga 7 жыл бұрын
I want music nowadays to be like 1:20 in this piece. No! I want my life to be like this masterpiece. Can someone get me back in that time? I wish I was there when they played it live. Oh, boy...!
@kvrga 7 жыл бұрын
I was only five, and on a wrong side of planet, at the time...
@dlhirst7608 7 жыл бұрын
I was there for one of these shows. My buddy fell in love with the "hot chick in the tight overalls". I kept telling him "that's a DUDE", but he wouldn't believe me. Until the album came out, and there was Eddie Jobson in all his finery! Ha, ha, that was a fun night!
@martinmalone5611 6 жыл бұрын
this girl must be practin rich craft seen him many times live his brother Carl was on my paper route so I got free concert tickets all the time
@bollerich1000 7 жыл бұрын
when i die , please play it !! P.S.; My friends don't understand my mind at all !
@theresa42213 7 жыл бұрын
Hahahahahaha! Mine either! XD
@MrTortureneverstops1 6 жыл бұрын
You're not alone my friend !
@fredlewis1354 5 жыл бұрын
Just tell them there's no shame in the fact they can't appreciate the songs statistical density
@clivejones7104 4 жыл бұрын
You might not know them, but you have friends here! We may be old, but we understand.
@soundman1909 6 жыл бұрын
a fuckin' wet from sax parts this is so G
@krachenford9594 5 жыл бұрын
FZ absolutely underrated as a guitarplayer (G.Duke)
@germanocolla2667 4 жыл бұрын
Zappa are the greatest blues-guitarist in the world, no others....
@Matty88K 2 жыл бұрын
Zappa is well recognized by those who know music as one of the greatest guitarists of all time and one of the great composers of the 20th century in Classical Avant Garde, Rock, Jazz, Doo Wop, and Blues. He died well before his time and before he could complete his œuvre (life's work). We were robbed!! But, he has left behind dozens of wonderful compositions and hundreds of hours of live recordings. Thank you Frank, the world owes you a huge debt.
@marcinswietlicki9388 4 жыл бұрын
Przecudne ...💕🖖👽
@brianwhitney5441 2 жыл бұрын
Wish there was a video of this show. Anybody know of one.
@BobbyBlackout 5 жыл бұрын
HAIL FZ!
@NLite486 Жыл бұрын
This is the song that played inside the head of Vanellope von Schweetz when she tried Hidden Valley ranch for the first time
@MichaelHansenFUN 8 жыл бұрын
i think I have this but my tape ran out before the album was finished
@ulibarrolrrola9621 10 ай бұрын
Halo Stevie vai
@anothervinnie7413 8 ай бұрын
I just noted some similarities with Dupree’s paradise solos in YCDTOSA vol 2… 😅
@LuisCastillo-gr9pp 3 жыл бұрын
ya hay ritmo
@murkredi 9 жыл бұрын
Although this is totally awesome, I prefer the version that was issued on the original vinyl. When it was released on CD, there seemed to be a guitar overdub on the O'Hearn solo which (to my mind) detracts a little.
@johnbidochka2795 8 жыл бұрын
+Snabulax I find this as well. The first version of "We're Only In It For The Money" I ever heard was the remix with the re-recorded bass and drum tracks, and so I relate to that version. When I heard the original, I liked it as well, but now regard BOTH albums almost as distinct creations, and I listen to whichever version strikes me in the moment.
@murkredi 8 жыл бұрын
+Snabulax No problem. I shall have to listen to them all .... tough job, but someone has to do it. :-)
@kvrga 7 жыл бұрын
I was disappointed with the CD version of "We're Only In It For The Money". :(
@stephensuddens3995 5 жыл бұрын
A nice little dittie from a heck of a line up, Ed Mann and Ruth on at same time, Question,how many gigs did that happen on?
@jacksonrobb9654 4 жыл бұрын
stephen suddens I may be wrong but I believe it only occurred on the New York dates of this tour, which was December 26-29 1976
@mellotronage3266 6 жыл бұрын
Me thinks Michael Brecker is a tad coked-up (or totally) for that sax solo to be played the way it was. And Randy's trumpet sound... Is he actually playing with electric pick ups & through a ring modulator ? FZ & his players never cease to amaze me...
@kevingearry472 6 жыл бұрын
I spoke with Dweezil this year, he said something about the best saxophone player his Dad ever played with......I said you mean Micheal Brecker, referring to this solo. He said, no. I disagree!
@MrTortureneverstops1 6 жыл бұрын
So, who was he talking about ?
@stephenmuth1425 6 жыл бұрын
Was Dweezil talking about Nappy? Who?
@theresa42213 7 жыл бұрын
Gaaaahhh! Thee best! MAN! l wish he was around today! He'd set SO MUCH shit straight! Family...and the way the left has turned leftarded! :PPP
@fishmanpuffer 7 жыл бұрын
Randy Brecker at his best
@ralph0149 8 жыл бұрын
Michael Brecker - Immortal Solo Around 9:59 O'Hearn seems to be quoting something. Does anybody know what that is, if that's what he's doing?
@ralph0149 8 жыл бұрын
+Cedric Harris I remember that era well.
@ralph0149 8 жыл бұрын
+Cedric Harris But I still think it's a direct quote of something.
@thebreathalyzer 8 жыл бұрын
+nonthere Blue Monk by Thelonius Monk.
@ralph0149 8 жыл бұрын
+Fsaxwas9 Thanks!
@vincentmonteleone1545 5 жыл бұрын
It's a Stanley Clarke phrase.
@markscountlessbarks Жыл бұрын
CUBER! @8:27!!!
@LuisCastillo-gr9pp 3 жыл бұрын
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@tamkbr8978 4 жыл бұрын
Kancsendzönga
@desvaricky8004 2 жыл бұрын
Instrumen
@charleswinokoor6023 3 жыл бұрын
The highlight of course is Michael Brecker. And I’ll never understand why Zappa glommed on and overdubbed an annoying guitar solo that towards the end steps all over the first half of a short, witty solo by the great baritone sax player Ronnie Cuber. I could be wrong, but the way I remember it Cuber’s solo on the original LP version was not purposely obscured like the CD version.
@kevingearry472 6 жыл бұрын
I don't think Napoleon.
@LuisCastillo-gr9pp 3 жыл бұрын
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